Parcel 0096, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath and North East Somerset , BA1 8EP

Planning appeal 3351608 at Parcel 0096, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath and North East Somerset , BA1 8EP (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 May 2026 by Inspector Watson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (change of use to mixed use including charcoal production, leisure and residential uses, caravan siting, ancillary buildings and pond creation) has occurred.

Without planning permission, the change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use consisting of agriculture, charcoal production, leisure and residential uses, the siting of a caravan and the erection of ancillary buildings and structures, as well as the carrying out of engineering operations to create a pond

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Watson S
Postcode: BA1 8EP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the alleged breach of planning control (change of use to mixed use including charcoal production, leisure and residential uses, caravan siting, ancillary buildings and pond creation) has occurred
Whether, if the breach has occurred, it constitutes a breach of planning control
Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive

What decided it

The appellants failed to provide substantive evidence to demonstrate that the charcoal production was a forestry operation, that the caravan was used solely as a welfare unit for agricultural workers, or that the various structures and uses were lawful, and media evidence confirmed residential and leisure use of the site.

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